IPC Main Group
D04C 5/00 Twist or bobbin-net lace-making machines
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- TEXTILES; PAPER
- Class:
- BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
- Subclass:
- BRAIDING OR MANUFACTURE OF LACE, INCLUDING BOBBIN-NET OR CARBONISED LACE; BRAIDING MACHINES; BRAID; LACE
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- D04C 5/02 Net looms for tulle fabrics
- D04C 5/04 Net or lace curtain machines
- D04C 5/06 Machines for making twist-lace fabrics
- D04C 5/08 Bobbin carriages
- D04C 5/1 Bobbin-carriage guides; Drives for swinging bobbin carriages
- D04C 5/12 Drives for advancing bobbin carriages
- D04C 5/16 Warp thread feeding or guiding devices
- D04C 5/22 Delivery devices
- D04C 5/24 Driving-gear; Starting or stopping mechanisms
- D04C 5/26 Auxiliary devices
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class D04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 887
- KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION US 727
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 692
- NIKE US 633
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 537
- TORAY INDUSTRIES 528
- NIKE INNOVATE US 522
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 479
- NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 439
- NINGBO CIXING COMPANY 425